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LVCF Scholarship Applications

The Lehigh Valley Community Foundation administers an application process for two annual scholarships for high schoool seniors attending public, private or charter high schools in Lehigh, Northampton and Bucks County.

The Lehigh Valley Community Foundation is currently accepting applications for the following scholarships to be awarded to graduates of the Class of 2018

Stephanie Olexa and Seth Weber Scholarship for Criminal Justicewill be awarded to a high school senior who will be majoring in criminal justice or law enforcement at an accredited institution for post-secondary education.

The Stephanie Olexa and Seth Weber Scholarship for the Life Scienceswill be awarded to a high school senior who will be majoring in the life sciences at an accredited institution for post-secondary education.

Multiple one-year scholarships will be awarded in 2018 totaling $4,320. Students from any public, private or charter school in Lehigh, Northampton or Bucks County are eligible to apply for the scholarships.

To apply, students should go to the online grant portal on the Community Foundation’s website - APPLY NOW

The deadline to apply is April 20, 2018. Awards will be announced in early June.

For more information, contact Megan Briggs, Director of Community Investments, at 610 351-5353, ext. 11 or email: meganb@lvcfoundation.org

About Stephanie Olexa and Seth Weber

Stephanie Olexa, Ph.D., was born and raised on the South Side of Bethlehem. She was the first member of her family to attend college. Stephanie received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology from Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia; her Ph.D. degree in BioChemistry from Temple University and her Master’s in Business Administration degree (M.B.A.) from Lehigh University.

After completing her Ph.D., Stephanie worked at Temple University Medical School, Rohm and Haas and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., before starting her own business, Benchmark Analytics, an environmental testing laboratory, which she operated for 20 years. Stephanie is now a Certified Leadership Coach and an Adjunct Professor and workshop leader at the Baker Institute for Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Innovation at Lehigh University.

Seth Weber, Esquire, was born and raised in Astoria, Queens, where he lived in a housing project. In his senior year of high school in Teaneck, NJ, Seth had the opportunity to intern with his local police department where he enjoyed all of the good work that many police officers perform on a daily basis to protect and serve the public. Seth attended Rutgers University where he helped to create a four year Criminal Justice degree. He received the very first Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice awarded by the University and went on to receive his Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Temple University Law School in Philadelphia.

Seth worked almost his entire career as a lawyer in the criminal justice system. He was an Assistant Public Defender and later an Assistant District Attorney in Bucks County. Eventually he became a federal prosecutor, Assistant United States Attorney, in Philadelphia and Allentown. Currently, Seth is an Adjunct Professor in the Undergraduate Criminal Justice Department and in the Master’s in Criminal Justice Program at De Sales University. He also volunteers at the Bucks County Legal Aid Office as an attorney handling Protection From Abuse cases in court for victims of domestic violence and abuse.

Allentown, Pa., March 14, 2018—The Lehigh Valley Community Foundation is currently accepting applications for the following scholarships that will be awarded to graduates of the Class of 2018: > Read More

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